The Twin Souled Shifter

Chapter 4: Infiltration

Waneta had traveled through the night in her tireless wolf until she reached the high security border of The Res'. Through the night a few of her subjects had joined her: Adrian the Hawk, Kirsten the Leopardess, Grin the Tiger, Lopa the Vampire, Mia the Hybrid and the mystery: Gray the Lycan. Gray kept to himself when at all possible, and even then when it wasn't possible, he tried his best. He had his reasons, and she wouldn't pry.

The looming electrified fence - easily fifteen feet tall- was topped with coiled barbed wire and triple layers of chain link. The only two gates were north and south, under heavy surveillance and timed code-changing locks. That was where Adrian came in: he could fly them over one by one until half of them were over the fence. Kirsten was fast and the best at camouflaging herself so she would distract the guards so they could sneak in.

They group together, one by one, until they are all there. Gray -true to his nature- sticks on the edges of the Pack, lingering only to hear their snippets of conversation. Not for the first time, Waneta studies him. He is tall, about 6'3", and skinny - being mostly muscle. His hair is shoulder length and a dusty brown-blonde color, complimented by an amber eye and a golden-silverish eye. No one knew what to make of him, except that he was loyal to a fault and was immensely strong.

Adrian kneels on his knees before Waneta, tilting his neck to reveal the bare flesh of his throat. To put it curtly, Adrian was a Avian-Shifter that was about 5'8", faintly muscled, extremely light and fast, agile, and bore caramel and chocolate streaked hair that was below his shoulders to hide the white-tipped feathers at his neck. Some feathering spawned around his wrists and ankles, while his eyes were the golden of a hawk. He always wore a woven bark and feather belt around his waist for good luck, a charm at his neck. He only used things of the forest and nature.

'I am ready to be of service, Alpha.' He nods his head towards her.

He always showed respect by calling her 'Alpha' despite her protests. His leather shirt was basically a large vest that had no sleeves and didn't close at the bottom or the sides. Instead it was laced with thinly corded sinew taken from animals tendons. His belt kept it closed at the bottom. His pants were of a soft yet tough hides of predators that were sewed together in bits and pieces. Boots were molded to his feet, stuffed with grass and molten feathers to keep his feet warm. Claws taken from animals were sewn on to give traction.

'Good. Shift for me then, would you?'

Slowly, and with a twinkle in his eyes, he strips his outer layers until he only wears a soft undertunic made of the inside of a pelt cut to fit and laced. He lets out a soft cark as he strips his undertunic until he stood naked, save for his belt which was enchanted to make him appear as though he wore clothing. Adrian's eyes glow as his hair stirs and shortens, his skin darkening and dividing. He falls to the ground as his feet drastically shortens and turn yellow, growing talons. She stares upon him as he rises mere seconds later as a beautiful golden bird of prey.

Adrian rises into the air, his wings completely silent as he stretches his talons out as if testing them. Lopa gives a very low hiss and steps forward, snaking her arm over one of his large feet as they twisted into the material on her back. Adrians flys off, returning a few moments later to take the next person. Mia stood forward next, her multi colored eyes glowing in the darkness. She was just a girl, yet she had experienced more than most people did in an entire lifetime.

Next went Gray, and finally herself. Adrian blinked farewell as he went back to the others. The racket began as both Kirsten and Grin shifted, tucking all of their clothes together in a pack and passing it to Adrian. They yowled and growled, roared and made as much noise as they could. Alarms and sirens sounded as guards rushed out of the gates to follow the noise.

Waneta leads the group single file around one of the outer ranged buildings until they reached the one in the middle. It was larger than the others surrounding it by several yards in both height and length. It was about twenty feet tall at its roof's peak, almost a hundred yards in length. With a series of hand movements, she orders the group to surround the back entrance where their inside man was supposed to meet them.

Gray and Waneta take one side of the building while Mia and Lopa took the opposite side. Mia was an oddity among the Shifter community because she was a hybrid. Not of two different Shifter species, but of two different species within a Shifter species. Her mother had been a Tigress while her father was a Lion; the resulting offspring left Mia as a Liger. 

Waneta trails behind Gray so she can study him. His well muscled chest told of lots of exercise and healthy eating, though she couldn't imagine why he did either if he was already Supernatural. Most Supernaturals were impervious to weight and health problems, but not all. 

No one in the Pack knew his sleeping and eating habits or what he did in free time. The only things they knew about him was what he told them, and that was very little. Suddenly, he turns, and smirks when he catches her eye on him. Blood rushes to her face as she glares back.

They are the first group to reach the door. A nervous boy peeks his head out the door. Bae. He gasps in relief, eyes lighting up when he sees his Alpha. Lopa and Mia turn the corner panting. Just the fact that Mia was no longer in a human form told her that they had encountered trouble. 

They all are ushered in the door by Bae, and it was optimal timing because just as the door locks shut, the five guards chasing Mia came across the turn. Now they were inside. They just needed to save her brother.